Sime Darby Berhad today announced that it has entered into a conditional share purchase agreement with Permodalan Nasional Berhad to acquire PNB’s 61.2% stake in UMW Holdings Berhad, which not only includes their aerospace and manufacturing businesses, but also the Toyota and Perodua brands. Under the terms of the agreement, Sime Darby will purchase PNB’s 61.2% stake for a total cash consideration of RM3.57 billion or RM 5.00 per share. Once the agreement becomes unconditional, Sime Darby will b

A bit of a mind bender eh? The answer is Laos, and this is their 2023 Toyota Vios that's just been introduced there. It's the first left-hand drive (LHD) version of the car, and also the first to officially wear the 'Vios' name – in Thailand where it made its global debut, it's sold as the Yaris Ativ. Laos is also the second country to get the Honda City fighter in our ASEAN region. It's pretty well-specced as it is: there are LED headlights, LED tail lights with sequential indicators, and snazz

The facelifted 2022 Proton Persona is offered in three variants – Standard, Executive, and Premium. Prices for the 2022 Proton Persona starts at RM 45,200 and tops out at RM 54,900. These include SST discounts that are valid till 31-December 2021. The variant pictured in this article is the Executive variant. 2022 Proton Persona variants 1.6 Standard RM 45,200 1.6 Executive RM 50,100 1.6 Premium RM 54,900 To recap the changes, the Persona facelift gets the new roundel-shape “Thundercats” logo th

The Proton Persona has been a relatively popular model for Proton. After all, over the past couple of months, the Persona was able to top the B-segment sedan sales charts. Just recently, Proton unveiled the updated 2022 Proton Persona, bringing with it a host of quality-of-life improvements, including LED headlights, larger 16-inch (up from 15-inch) alloy wheels, and a revised cabin. Also Read: Priced from RM 45k, CVT-only 2022 Proton Persona facelift (MC2) launched, MT dropped Naturally, prices

Different people have a different way of defining what perfect means to them. Like a house, picking the right car is a decision that you would want to cherish for as long as possible. Which is why if you’re the type of person who would want to upgrade your standard car into something grander, you would enjoy this week’s Top Rank. Last week, we took a look at some of the models to look forward to in 2021, and needless to say, they were mostly your run-of-the-mill standard cars. Where are the BMWs

If you’ve been following our posts, you would’ve known by now that UMW Toyota Motor is expected to launch a new 2020 Toyota Vios facelift in December. You wouldn’t expect the company to sit idly while watching the all-new 2020 Honda City and 2020 Nissan Almera muscle into its territory right? As a follow up to that, we have received news that Toyota will also be adding a Gazoo Racing variant of the new Vios, possibly wearing the GR Sport badge. It’s a logical move because a Toyota Vios GR Sport